Localization of nodes in an infrastructure less network serves many purposes. Several issues relating to security, routing, etc it can be solved if only the actual location of nodes were known. Existing approaches estimate the location of a node in a network by using received signal strength indicator (RSSI), Time of Arrival, Time difference of Arrival and, if directional antennas are available, Direction of Arrival. In these methods the localization accuracy is less (in the order of 20cm). The aim of this paper is to localize nodes in adhoc networks with improved accuracy using ultra wide band.The proposed method uses a train of low amplitude pulses of high bandwidth, which reduces the energy consumption, effects due to small scale fading, and dispersion in time and frequency. The network was simulated in NS-2 with UWB extension and the localization accuracy was found to be improved (upto 1cm).

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DOI : 10.5121/ijist.2014.4308 57
UWB LOCALIZATION OF NODES FOR
SECURING A MANET
Mr.C.Susil Kumar1
, M.Ashra2
, P.M.Jessintha3
, P.S.Kavitha4
,
1
Assistant Professor, 2,3,4
U.G Student
Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
Velammal College of Engineering and Technology, Madurai, Tamilnadu, India.
ABSTRACT
Localization of nodes in an infrastructure less network serves many purposes. Several issues relating to
security, routing, etc it can be solved if only the actual location of nodes were known. Existing approaches
estimate the location of a node in a network by using received signal strength indicator (RSSI), Time of
Arrival, Time difference of Arrival and, if directional antennas are available, Direction of Arrival. In these
methods the localization accuracy is less (in the order of 20cm). The aim of this paper is to localize nodes
in adhoc networks with improved accuracy using ultra wide band.The proposed method uses a train of low
amplitude pulses of high bandwidth, which reduces the energy consumption, effects due to small scale
fading, and dispersion in time and frequency. The network was simulated in NS-2 with UWB extension and
the localization accuracy was found to be improved (upto 1cm).
KEYWORDS
Localization, MANET, UWB, TDOA
1. INTRODUCTION
An ad hoc network is a collection of wireless mobile nodes dynamically forming a temporary
network without the use of existing network infra-structure or centralized administration. Due to
the limited transmission range of wireless network interfaces, multiple network hops may be
needed for one node to exchange data with another across the network. Localization is defined as
the phenomenon of obtaining location information of nodes whose positions are not known. Thus,
in the context of MANETs, localization means finding location of mobile nodes (MNs). Location
awareness is an essential feature to gain full benefits of ubiquitous computing. Thus, several
localization algorithms are introduced to estimate location of MNs. Location information
obtained from localization algorithms can be useful for accessing various location based services
such as inventory tracking, habitat monitoring, rescue operations, museum tour guide, etc. The
position of mobile station (MS)can be determined using multiple radio signals transmitted or
received by the MS. Some location estimation methods like assisted global positioning system
(A-GPS) are based on signals transmitted from satellites. So far ,a wide variety of network-based
positioning techniques have been proposed which use measurements obtained within the cellular
networks, such as received signal strength (RSS),time of arrival (TOA),time difference of arrival
(TDOA),and angle of arrival (AOA) methods. UWB technology provides an excellent means for
wireless positioning due to its high resolution capability in the time domain. Its ability to resolve
multipath components makes it possible to obtain accurate location estimates without the need for
complex estimation algorithms. Although the fundamental mechanisms for localization, including

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AOA, TOA, TDOA and SS-based methods, apply to all radio air interfaces, some positioning
techniques are favoured by UWB-based systems using ultra wide bandwidths.
1.1 RELATED WORKS
Localization in mobile ad hoc network is an active area of research and so there are some existing
literature surveys on this topic .But there are some existing techniques which use to localize in ad
hoc networks RSSI,ToA,AoA,TDoA.The RSSI techniques uses high computation cost, database
maintenance is complex, and it is less accurate .In order to overcome this, UWB localization is
proposed. This literature gives comprehensive summary of these techniques along with the
existing localization schemes. Since ad hoc network is an infra structure less network there is no
confidentiality while transmitting the packets.
1.2 LOCALIZATION IN INFRASTRUCTURE-LESS NETWORKS
In self-organized wireless networks such as ad hoc or sensor networks, most nodes have the same
transmission range. At the same time, most nodes can establish the trust relationship with only
their direct neighbours through interactions. Therefore, we cannot locate a group of special nodes
that can serve as senders to cover the whole network. Fortunately, the self-organization property
allows the wireless less nodes to help each other. The nodes already learning their position can
serve as anchor node for other devices. Under this condition we need to investigate the required
density and distribution of the initial anchor nodes and wireless devices .so that the localizations
procedure can propagate throughout the network. An example scenario is shown in Fig.1.We
assume that all nodes in the self -organized network have the same transmission distance. To
initialize the localization distance, we deploy a small group of anchor nodes that also have the
same transmission disatance in the network.
Fig.1 structure of adhoc network
2 EXISTING METHODS
There are several existing methods for finding the location of nodes in ad hoc networks. They are
Received signal strength indicator (RSSI), time based methods (ToA, TDoA), Angle of Arrival
(AoA), hyperbolic trilateration, triangulation, Maximum likelihood estimation (ML).

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RSSI measures the power of the signal and calculate the propagation loss based on the known
transmitted power .This method uses only RF signals which is relatively a cheap solution for
localization. RSSI does not use any extra devices because all mobile are likely to have radios .The
performance is not good as other, due to multipath path fading.
2.1 TIME BASED METHODS(TOA,TDOA)
These methods record the sending time of a packet and receiving time of a packet. Using the
recorded time, time difference between the nodes are calculated .The propogation time can be
directly related to the distance with the help of the propagation speed. These methods can be
applied to various signals like RF, acoustic, IR and Ultra sound. TDoA methods are accurate
under line-of-sight conditions. But LoSconditions is difficult to achieve .Acoustic signals also
show multipath propagation effects that may reduce the accuracy of localization.
ANGLE-OF-ARRIVAL
AoA determines the angle at which signals are received and use geomentric relationship to find
the node positions measurement is a method for determining the direction of propagation of a
audio-frequency wave incident on an antenna array. AoA determines the direction by measuring
the Time Difference of Arrival (TDoA) at individual elements of the array from these delays the
AoA can be calculated the gain of the antenna array. In AoA, the delay of arrival at each element
is measured directly and converted to an AoA measurement.
2.2 TRIANGULATION
Triangulation is the process of determining the location of a point by measuring angles to it from
known points at either end of a fixed baseline, rather than measuring distances to the point
directly (trilateration). The point can then be fixed as the third point of a triangle with one known
side and two known angles.Fig.2.shown below
Fig.2.Triangulation
3. PROPOSED METHOD
The proposed method is to localize the node in mobile adhoc network with improved accuracy
using ultra wide band. In our proposed method a train of low amplitude pulses is sent so that it
reduces the energy consumption. Consider the anchor nodes and mobile nodes as shown in Fig.4.
The anchor nodes are represented by node 0, node 1 and node 2. The mobile nodes whose
locations are to be estimated are represented by node 3, node 4, and node5.The Fig.3. Shown
below.

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Fig.3.Node formation
The anchor nodes send packets to un-localized mobile nodes. Here, co-ordinates of anchor nodes
are already known. By using Time Difference of arrival (TDoA) techniques, the difference
between sending and receiving time of packets from anchor nodes to mobile nodes can be
calculated. Accuracy will be higher since UWB has excellent immunity time and frequency
dispersion. UWB also offers a large bandwidth that improves reliability, as the signal contains
different frequency components, offers high resolution radars with improved ranging accuracy.
3.1 TRILATERATION METHOD
After finding the distance between anchor nodes and mobile nodes the distance is used as radius
to draw the circle, by keeping the mobile node as the center point. Thus, Fig.4.shown below
Fig.4.Trilateration method
By using the following trace files given below (Fig.5.),we can estimate the co-ordinates of X,Y,Z
with the technique of TDoA (i.e) Calculate the time difference between sending and receiving
signal ,by substituting the values obtained .Thus, the value of distance (d) will be known, hence
by using the given co-ordinates for already known anchor nodes and calculated distance (d) we
can estimate the unknown co-ordinates of X,Y,Z.It may consists of size of the packets , protocols
used ,result of acknowledgement ,agent file ,ID sequence number allocated while transmitting
the packets to particular nodes to another.

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3.2) TRACEFILE
Fig.5.Trace file
3.3 TRILATERATION FORMULA TO DERIVE THE
CO-ODRINATES OF MOBILE NODES
X=
( ) ( ) ( )
( ) ( ) ( )
Y=
( )
( )
Z=± − −
4. RESULT AND DISCUSSION
4.1 SIMULATION
In Fig.6. it shows the result of our proposed method which consist of mobile nodes (50 nodes).
Here ,the red color nodes indicates the anchor nodes and green indicates the unlocalized nodes, by
using TDoA techniques it can be localized by estimating the known co-ordinates of anchor nodes.

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Fig.6.simulation output
Here, we are using NS2 with UWB extension software to simulate the unlocalized mobile nodes
,which has been aldready shown in Fig.6. The unlocalized nodes can be localized by estimating
the the coordinates of anchor nodes,as we implies earlier the coordinates of anchor nodes should
be known. Localization of stationary nodes and localization of mobile nodes were calculated and
tabulated below. The known coordinates of anchor nodes X,Y,Z were randomly selected and
calculated the approximate location of stationary and mobile nodes.
Fig.7.localization output
Thus, Fig.7. Shows the simulated result of location for unlocalized mobile nodes. The coordinates
of X, Y, Z can be achieved. Let us compare the efficiency of given existing methods with our
proposed method. Since we are using a train of very low pulse amplitude over a larger bandwidth
our accuracy level is improved to 1cm.
4.2 WITHOUT UWB EXTENSION
4.2 .1 LOCALIZATION OF STATIONARY NODES:
X= 316.0, Y=50.0, Z= 0
X Y Z
320.02 53.5 -1.09
318.17 54.24 0.96
310.91 51.07 1.21
321.22 52.62 -0.81
319.57 53.80 1.12

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4.2.2 LOCALIZATION OF MOBILE NODES
Actual Calculated
X Y Z X Y Z
315.0 50.0 0.0 312.12 52.7 0.54
320.1 52.5 0.0 316.04 54.5 -0.32
324.9 54.9 0.0 321.53 51.3 1.04
330.2 57.6 0.0 327.6 59.9 0.77
335 60 0.0 331.3 62 1.02
4.3 WITH UWB EXTENSION
4.3.1 LOCALIZATION OF STATIONARY NODES
X= 316.0, Y=50.0, Z= 0
X Y Z
316.02 50.7 -0.92
315.21 51.42 0.62
315.09 51.07 0.11
316.43 49.76 -0.21
317.05 50.82 0.72

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4.3 .2 LOCALIZATION OF MOBILE NODES
Actual Calculated
X Y Z X Y Z
315.0 50.0 0.0 315.02 50.7 0.47
320.1 52.5 0.0 321.4 51.2 -0.3
324.9 54.9 0.0 323.3 53.4 0.04
330.2 57.6 0.0 329.8 58.2 0.7
335 60 0.0 333.7 59 0.87
4.4 PERCENTAGE (%) ERROR
Without uwb (%) With uwb (%)
0.91 0.63
1.26 0.40
1.03 0.49
0.78 0.12
1.10 0.38
Avg 1.016 Avg 0.404
5. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
We assumed two cases to localize the mobile nodes. They are
1) Localization of stationary nodes.
2) Localization of mobile nodes.
Thus, we calculated the localization of mobile nodes and localization of stationary nodes by using
the actual coordinates of X, Y, Z for both with and without UWB extension. Then we estimated
the percentage error (%) for both the cases .Percentage error for UWB extension is less. It clearly

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shows the accuracy is improved by using UWB. Without UWB the localization error is more so it
misleads the information sent by a particular mobile node. We have plot the change in percentage
error (%) versus distance from anchor nodes. Euclidean distance Vs % error has been plotted
and shown. Distance from anchor nodes are calculated by trilateration method
Fig.8. Euclidean distance vs % error
Hence, Fig.8 shows the improved accuracy with UWB is when compared to the without UWB
.When the distance increases the error also increases it minimised by using uwb.
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Error
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